Fire damages 4,000 square-foot home in Upland

UPLAND -- A fire that appears to have started in the master bedroom of a 4,000-square-foot home Saturday night was under investigation.

Firefighters were on the scene in the 200 block of West 18th Street at 9:39 p.m. Saturday and witnessed smoke from the west side and the eaves of the one-story home.

Three fire engines, a ladder truck and battalion chief were called to the home.

Shortly after crews arrived, the fire flashed over and was showing out of multiple windows on the west side of the house, said Fire Chief Dave Corbin.

"When a fire flashes over, it consumes combustibles and compartment type of spaces, for example a bedroom," Corbin said. "Everything in that room is starting to heat up and it will get to a point where all the combustible items in the room will start to release flammable gasses.

"Once it gets to the ignition point, everything ignites at the same time, and that's what happened there. It's a non-survivable type of situation if someone is inside the house."

The fire consumed the master bedroom, hallway and parts of two additional bedrooms, Corbin said.

A family of four lives in the home. Corbin said the wife and children were vacationing out of the country, but the husband was at home.

No injuries were reported and the fire was out with in an hour, authorities said. Crews were at the home until 3 a.m. Sunday cleaning up.